The Last Day: The Estate Takes on Alaska

Copyright 2019, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

September 17, 2019

We woke to quiet. The water pump burping has ceased.  

A pretty pale purple flower - - cause it's pretty.

We head over to Coachmen service to thank them again.  

Coming to your house soon?? Amazon Prime delivery trucks.  See, here is the thing, they don't just build RV's here in Elkhart County.  We have seen ambulances, and other types of trucks.  You know, fleets and/or emergency type vehicles.  I believe the number we heard on this order was something like 20,000 units.  We saw two large parking lots full of these, waiting for transporters to deliver them. The photo is way out of focus, and how bout that big ole pole in the middle??  Well, you get the idea and know what to watch for, coming sometime soon.

Quietly slip over the Michigan state line before noon.  It’s a overcast cool day, since we are looking at unpacking and moving back into the stick built we are pleased with cool.  

After Sturgis we note the corn is looking pitiful. Soy turning yellow.  Deciduous trees very green.   Near Bronson, we see a few leaves turning color tho. We suspect another late fall.  

We stopped and had a quick lunch and we stopped and cleaned out the holding tanks one final time.  

At 3:57 we back into the driveway, and the trip is officially over.  Lawn was well cared for, looks good. Crabapple is starting to loose leaves and the "fruit" awaits the deer this winter.  (By the way, that is the pole barn, not the house, in case you wondered.)

We drove 106 miles today. And we are home. The adventure has come to a conclusion. 

*Seems we were rather lucky.  Our neighbor provided this photo of a bit of excitement a few weeks back.  I don't know exactly when.  One of the limbs left distinct brush marks on Tana where the limb brushed the front cap when it came down.  Jolly has no damage.  The limbs fell about 30 foot and are fairly heavy.  I'm no physicist or mathematician, but, I know that that thing was falling hard and fast. We were soooooo lucky!!  One of those small miracle events.

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